Rick Jackson is the founder and CEO of Jackson Healthcare, a Georgia-based health care staffing company, and the Republican nominee for governor of Georgia in 2026. He chairs FaithBridge Foster Care, a child placement agency, and supports programs for young people aging out of foster care.
Case
Networked automated license-plate cameras can assemble searchable records of vehicle movements. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to ban the systems, keep them with limits, or defend them as investigative tools. This tracker separates outright bans from narrower restrictions.
Role at the time: Georgia gubernatorial candidate
Statement summary
Jackson defended ALPRs as a tool for finding missing or trafficked people, while calling for safeguards against abuse.
“This has been one of the best technologies for us to find people with Alzheimer's, kids that are being trafficked, and so forth like that.”
He supports continued public-safety use while asking for abuse prevention.
Statement dates: September 4, 2026
Statement dates: September 4, 2026
